Director, Security Engineering

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world;
Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

We’re looking for a Director of Security Engineering to join our Infosecurity Leadership team. The Director of Security Engineering will operate as a partner to the Chief Information Security Officer and senior executives across Snap on Security Engineering Initiatives and will lead the Security Foundations Engineering team focused on Platform Security, Application Security, and Identity and Access Management. The team is responsible for delivering trustworthy infrastructure that empowers Snap to securely conduct business and partners with infrastructure owners and customers across the company to establish trusted runtime environments for all Snap software, applications, and data.

A successful candidate for this role will possess strong technical acumen in the security space, demonstrated success leading and growing technical security teams, and a proven track record of building and maintaining strong cross‑functional partnerships.

• Oversee day‑to‑day operations of the Security Engineering teams across multiple offices, setting the vision and strategy for security engineering, aligning with Snapchat’s mission and values.
• Build and lead a high‑performing team of engineers and security specialists, fostering collaboration, innovation, and growth.
• Establish KPIs to measure the effectiveness of safety and security initiatives and regularly report to executive leadership on platform risks progress, and areas for improvement.
• Oversee the security architecture and practices for Snapchat’s products, ensuring secure‑by‑design principles are applied throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate security vulnerabilities in Snapchat’s app and services, anticipating future safety and security challenges and developing strategies to address them.
• Partner with legal, policy, product, and engineering teams to align on safety and security priorities and work closely with product teams to integrate security into new features and updates.
• Act as a key advisor to senior leadership on matters related to product security, influencing key decisions on architecture and implementation of scalable, reliable, and cost‑effective engineering & security solutions.
• Iterate quickly without compromising quality and raise the bar on operational excellence.

• BS/BA in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of security engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience managing a team
• Demonstrated execution of developing Security Engineering strategies
• Deep knowledge of and experience working with a diverse group of engineers
• Track record of delivery in rapidly